Thesaurus results for BOXY

boxy

adjective

as in blocky

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Recent Examples of boxy Quince's organic cotton poplin version feels crisp and structured, and just oversized enough to feel relaxed without being boxy. —

Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026 Indianapolis hosts the Combine every year, which means each February its downtown briefly becomes the world capital for strong-jawed men in athleisure who could be described as broad, brawny, buff, burly, built, boxy, or otherwise physically notable. —

Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 Hill extensively customized the spread during his tenure, most notably painting the boxy structure’s formerly all-white exterior a deep shade of charcoal gray. —

Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 12 May 2026 So many new builds right now are very generic and boxy, with almost no decorative features, but many are still brick. —

Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for boxy

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Two computer monitors displayed a riot of overlapping windows, including an old, blocky software program called P-COM, which offered thirty-five types of commands.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
The biggest transformation occurs in the blocky, brutalist Crucible Theatre, which shifts from staging Shakespeare and Harold Pinter to become the Theatre of Dreams — snooker’s holiest of holy sites, where 32 leading players from across the world compete to be be named the best of the best.

— Andrew Dickson, Bloomberg, 2 May 2026